Anyway, here it is again:
It's a stock 1991 ZXR750J I picked up from Maroochydore and rode all the way home. It's been dropped at some point and painted badly so future plans include some paint and sticker loving back to the stock paint job a little bit of bling and some general cleanup loving. These bikes go plenty fast enough for me so there's no need for more herbs, it's only going to be used for weekend warrior stuff and the occasional track day maybe.
The first bling to be added was the plate and rego tube combo. Unfortunately they don't do the lime green plates any more in the ACT, something about not enough contrast for the cameras to read the white lettering on the plates (Booooooo!!!) so I went for the blue over the dark green it matches better.
If you want a slogan on your ACT bike plate they can do it but the computer system can't cope with it, so be prepared for some patience at the shopfront and make sure they mark the form "Must have slogan" and maybe even have them make a phone call to the place that makes them so they get it right the first time (took me two goes to have it made right).
We got there in the end and I think it looks spectabulous, best looking part of the bike for the moment...
The list of things to do is growing, as is the pile of parts in the shed. It now has a hugger in black plastic.
So far I have still to do:
- Fix the clutch so I can at least ride it hehehe... (this is underway, isn't it Gos... I'm more than happy to come and assist, I don't want to be a bike mechanical zombie all my life).
- I've got a new old fuel tap to go on including hoses (the one that's on it now leaks when in the on position).
- I've got new old lower fairings and a new screen to go on when the whole bike gets painted and stickered up (I'll be booking this in REAL soon).
- I picked up a second hand factory exhaust system ($50 from eBay w00t!!) with no bends or cracks (the only damage is to the can and bracket) and it looks like the current Laser can is just bolted to the factory pipes. Can anyone say shorty spare can? . The current headers and pipework have a bit of damage from the dropping.
- Still needs chain and sprockets .
- Gotta find or have made a rear seat cowl to give it that single seater look (found one at Pyramid and am waiting for a return email).
- Find a full set of factory indicators second hand cheap somewhere, the little ones on it look poxy.
- Maybe an undertray and tidy up the rear fender but I don't want to ruin the factory look.
And the best bit, I ordered all my stickers and new mirrors today for the respray, should be able to pick them up from Aitkens when I go up to Sydney for Maiden!!111!11ONE YEAH!!!!!!!111!!!11